Hotrod "T" #11

to Brett Who says:
Got sore bloody fingers from playing last night - could not put it down - love it!!!!!!!!
Spec
• Model: Hotrod“T”
• Body: Double bound and chambered- Claro walnut top, African mahogany core.
• Neck: Maple/Rwood - USA Custom Guitars- Scale: 25.5” - 7.25"" radius C profile - tele heel, CBS Stock
• Tuners: Grover locking mini's
• Pickups: Duncan Pearly Gates lead and Duncan 59 rhythm uncovered.
• Bridge: Gotoh GTC201G - Solid Brass Baseplate and saddles
• Electronics: Select caps and pots -Switchraft hardware
• Controls: master volume and tone - pickup selector
• Weight: 3.2 kg - 7.04lbs
• Seriall number 011-300508

Hotrod "T" #10
Specs
• Model: Hotrod“T”
• Body: Double bound and chambered- Claro walnut top, African mahogany core.
• Neck: Maple/Rwood - Allparts USA - Scale: 25.5” - 7.25"" radius C profile - tele heel, CBS Stock
• Tuners: Grover locking mini's
• Pickups: Handwound custom made Brierley Vintage Blues set - uncovered.
• Bridge: Gotoh Strat Hardtail - Solid Brass Baseplate and saddles
• Electronics: Select caps and pots -Switchraft hardware
• Controls: master volume and tone - pickup selector
• Weight: 3.4 kg - 7.5 lbs
• Seriall number 010-300508

Telstar VFS

A new shape developed in the workshop based on the traditional T style guitar.
It's lighter and more comfortable than the standard shape. This one has tummy and forearm contours. The finish is natural oil which gives the body a sensual slinky feel. Unlike standard lacquer and poly varnishes this finish actually soaks into the wood a mm or so and goes hard, toughening up the surface no end. It won't chip, flake or crack as it is not a separate coating on the outside of the guitar. It actually looks and feels like a piece of highly polished wood which of course is exactly what it is. The surface can be rubbed over with any furniture wax or oil and polished with a soft cloth to bring back its natural sheen.

The sound is sweet and warm with a bright jangly edge. It would suit just about any genre of music exept hardcore or metal.


Specs

• Model: Telstar
• Body: Southern Myrtle
• Neck: Maple / Rosewood - Scale: 25.5” 12” radius
• Tuners: Gotoh Kluson Repro’s
• Pickups:hand wound Carlton Blues Specials by Mike Brierley
• Bridge: Gotoh GTC201 - Solid Brass Baseplate and saddles
• Electronics: Select caps and pots -Switchraft hardware
• Controls: master volume and tone - pickup selector
• Mods: Treble bleed
• Serial # 09-220208
• Weight 3.1 KG - 6.8 lbs



Fatman "T"
Built at the same time as the Myrtle T below this guitar was built mainly as a road/demo guitar for me. Its got a big fat neck 1" at the nut and heel with a huge thick tone which is great for blues, modern country, punk, rock or anything needing a lot of attitude. It is also very sweet on the rhyithm pickup. The Hoop pine body is very light and resonant. The guitar has a very alive feel.
 
• Model: Fatman “T”
• Body: 2 piece Arakira [AKA hoop or white pine] Leo fender's early broadcasters were in white pine
• Neck: Maple/Rwood - Warmoth VMT - Scale: 25.5” Comp 10"-16" radius boatneck profile 1" at nut
• Tuners: Gotoh vintage split post
• Pickups: Duncan Hot lead STL2 and hot rhythm STR2 [single coil]
• Bridge: Gotoh GTC201 - Solid Brass Baseplate and saddles
• Electronics: Select caps and pots -Switchraft hardware
• Controls: master volume and tone - pickup selector
• Finish - Colortone WB Guitar lacquer - color Vintage white
• Seriall number 008-061107
• Weight - 3.4 kg [7lb 7 oz]
• Case - CNB, Ply, black tolex, hook latches


Myrtle "T"

To Peter who says:
"I have had the Guitar you made me for three or four weeks now and have probably spent
12 or more hrs playing it and I just wanted to let you know that it is a total delight,
you have done a great, quality job and I am very pleased. Thanks once again for a great
guitar and I wish you all the best and will make contact again some time. "
 
Specs
• Model: Myrtle“T”
• Body: Solid 2 piece Southern Myrtle
• Neck: Maple/Rwood - Warmoth VMT - Scale: 25.5” Comp 10"-16" radius std thin profile .830 at nut
• Tuners: Gotoh vintage split post
• Pickups: Duncan broadcaster lead and vintage rhythm [single coil]
• Bridge: Gotoh GTC201 - Solid Brass Baseplate and saddles
• Electronics: Select caps and pots -Switchraft hardware - treble bleed mod
• Controls: master volume and tone - pickup selector
• Finish - Colortone WB Guitar lacquer - color Vintage white
• Seriall number 007-061107

The Hotrod “T”

to Kevin who says:
"What a beaut! I love it, I went back 4 times trying to persuade myself I didn't need it. So of course I bought it".

A one off purpose built guitar primarily designed for rock and blues but would suit a wide range of
musical genres. It has a strong driving tone from the medium high output stacked humbuckers. The guitar is quiet compared to the single coil pickups generally used in this type of guitar.
Bridge pickup - a bright focused biting tone - cuts like machette
Neck pickup - a sweet, warm and chimey tone - a big sound

I used it as my number 1 stage and demo guitar for around 8 months and found it to be a real nice player with a big biting tone which was killer out of my little old Fender tube amp. I guess you could play just about any kind of music with it from rockabilly to hardcore. It sounds awesome through a half stack and a clean tone as big as the Tanami desert through a fender valve amp.

 
Specs
• Model: Hotrod “T”
• Body: chambered mahogany
• Body cap: Big Leaf flame Maple
• Neck: Maple / Rosewood - Warmoth VMT - Scale: 25.5”
• Tuners: Kluson Deluxe
• Pickups: Duncan Hot stack and Vintage Rhythm stack
• Bridge: Gotoh GTC201 - Solid Brass Baseplate and saddles
• Electronics: Select caps and pots -Switchraft hardware
• Controls: master volume and tone - pickup selector
 


Guitars for sale


Hawk Junior Thinline
Mahogany Topped with Canadian bigleaf maple.
Warmoth mahogany LP neck, Seymour Duncan 59' vintage Pafs, Hipshot steel string through body bridge MMM Tasty. A big bright vintage sound from this little guitar. Oh and that weird looking stuff under the pickup is the protective plastic covering on the guard starting to lift back from playing her in. Man this guitar drips with tone.
Specifications:
• Model: Hawk Junior Thinline
• Body: chambered Mahogany
• Body cap: Big Leaf Curly Maple
• Neck: Mahogany / Rosewood - Warmoth LP - Scale: 25.5”
• Headstock Cap: Big Leaf quilt maple
• Tuners: Grover Imperial
• Pickups: Seymour Duncan SH-1 '59 [Bridge and Neck]
• Bridge: Hipshot Hardtail String through
• Electronics: Dimarzio caps and pots -Switchraft hardware
• Controls: master volume and tone
• Serial number: 003-301005
Check out the workshop area to see pics of the build....
 
 


Seafoam tele
T-style design
Paul, the guy who owns this guitar calls it
"The Green Dream"

Serial #002-010406
Cool looks in retro "Surf Green" with a hot sound from the Seymour Duncan HOT single coil pickups. The Duncan STL2 lead pickup is thick and punchy with the twang you would expect from this style guitar. Fuller and rounder than a standard tele lead it has a muscular beefy twang that is totally in your face. The STR2 rythm pickup gives a warm sweet tone almost vintage p90ish in character. Both together you get a warm but jangly vintage tone.

The bridge is a Gotoh GTC201
Heavy duty brass modern style with 6 steel saddles for easy intonation. I've tried many tele bridges and the purists will say it won't sound good unless you have a vintage 3 barrell bridge. Apart from the fact that a 3 barrell bridge is difficult to intonate I can't think of a good reason to use one. I reckon the the best bridge for the tele is the gotoh. Players like Brent Mason can't be wrong

A great sounding guitar suitable for just about any style of music, although, it sounds pretty awesome with the gain all the way up. Features tummy and forearm contours for comfortable playing. Inset 3/16" plate steel neck bolt plate for extra sustain.

Recomended for Roots, Rock, Rockabilly, Tradition Country, Western Swing, Modern country, Punk, Grunge - whatever

Specs
Body
Australian Myrtle [Very similar characteristics to Alder]
Fully comfort contouring
1.5" thickness [as in F* early 50's models]
Finish
Body Surf Green - Clear Colortone
Neck - Polyurethane
This not a 2 pack, dipped, indestructable 3mm thick chinese style finish. It is genuine guitar lacquer and will age nicely over time if well cared for.
Neck - Warmoth - Licensed by Fender
Known as the best "off the shelf" licensed production necks around today. Sure Fender make replacements in Mexico but if you want a top grade MIA neck, Warmoth is the best choice.
· 22 fret Vintage Modern
· Birdseye Maple, Rosewood 4 bolt
· Truss rod - vintage 1 piece - head stock adjustable
· 1-5/8 in. Nut Width
· Standard Thin Contour
· 6150 Fretwire - /jumbo .103" X .046
· Compound 10" - 16" Radius,
· Cream phenolic face dot [kinda like the old clay dots]
· Gotoh Kuson style tuners
· Corian Nut **


Other Hardware
Tusq string trees
Chromed copper control plate
Domed, knurled, chrome with set screw

Weight
3.5 kg's - 7.7lbs



**What is corian??
Corian is an advanced composite of natural minerals and pure acrylic polymer. very hard and slippery. Is used mainly in bathrooms and advertised by Dupont as virtually indestructible. It is a perfect Nut material.

Pickups
Seymour Duncan
Bridge - Bradcaster Lead
Neck - STR1 Vintage Rhythm
Tuners
Gotoh - slotted kluson repro's
Electronics
Dimarzio caps, pots and jack
Full copper foil cavity shielding grounded to output jack.
Treble bleed cap.

 
 
 
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"Hawk Junior"
to Reg in Sydney Who says "Awesome Guitar" Reg says in an email i received:
Hello Ray,
I was thinking the other day that I should let you know what a beautiful guitar you made. The more I play her, the better she gets. I just wanted you to know that she fits me like a glove and I have never played this well before. So thank you, you did a splendid job.
All the best, Reg - from Sydney.

I built this guitar to use in a blues outfit I joined a year ago and found it to be admirably suited to the task. I used the best hardware I could find and it is a great sounding guitar. You can see the components used in the the specifications below.

Sound and Feel
It has that bite and growl you would expect from a P90 on the bridge and a warm sweet vintage sound from the neck. It sounds great clean. overdriven or with heavy distortion. The bridge cuts through the mix like a hot knife through butter for screaming solos, crunchy rhythm and head shattering riff playing. The neck gives nice fat bluesy chords, sweet solos and a very tasty woman tone. Part of the P90 vibe is the hum of the pickups that you get with any single coils, so don't expect these pickups to be as well mannered and sophisticated as their close cousin the humbucker.

 

P90's can be very rude and nasty in the hands of a guiatrst with attitude in a way that humbuckers never can be. On the other hand they can sing just as sweetly if required.

P90 guitars were pretty much what the early rock and blues players defined the sound with in the late 40's 50's and 60's. This guitar easily nails those types of sounds. Before Seth Lover made the fisrt "Buckers" for Gibson, most of their guitars used p90's including LP Junior and the early Les Paul.
It would pretty much suit any style of music from rockabilly grunge, emo, indie pop whatever umm maybe not metal. It's a fun guitar with plenty of attitude. If you ever wanted a P90 equipped guitar this might just be exactly what you are looking for. Oh, and by the way, No-one else has a guitar like this one. It is a one off and I have no plans to build another exactly the same way.



Specification
Body
3 Piece solid Mahogany. top bound. Finish waterbase guitar lacquer. This body is loosely based on the Gibson Blueshawk.
It is a small, Light and comfortable to play.

Neck
Bolt on Warmoth USA VM CBS Strat neck. 25.5" Scale length. Maple with Indian Rosewood board. 6150 frets [medium jumbo]with compound [10"-16" radius] Standard thin profile and 1 11/16" at the nut. It is a replacement CBS strat neck licensed by Fender as a spare part. I have redone the headstock as It was looking pretty out of balance as it was with that massive CBS strat headstock. Truss rod Ssingle action] adjuster at the head. Nut is Corian - very tough synthetic.

Hardware
Bridge - Schaller 3D6 [roller]
Tuners - Grover locking minis [cool - will use these on all guitars from now]
Guard - My design - mother of TS
Strap buttons - generic.
String Holders - Graphtec Tremnut

Electronics
Pickups - Seymour Duncan vintage P-90's
Dimarzio Pots and Switch - 1 Volume - 2 tones Switchcraft jack.
Knobs - generic - Ithought they looked cool and are easy to the hand.
Copper foil sheilding to all cavities with star grounding to mininmise the single coil hum.

Case
Hard shell CNB Case in almost new condition




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ST1
Classic traditonal T-style design
Serial #001-111005
The Seymour Duncan pickups give a great vintage tone. The Broadcaster lead pickup is incandescent with a hot, bright, biting tone that cuts through any mix. Sounds great with a bit of drive dialled in or with any amount of distortion you want. The Standard Vintage Rythm pickup has an airy, sweet tone that also responds well to drive and distortion. Both pickups on gives a nice woody vintge tone. Driven at louder volumes, especially with a valve amplifier, rich overtones turn into manageable feedback if you stand in the right spot relative to the amplifier.

Note the originals used to squawk uncontrollably when used near a loud amp. To some extent modern "Antiquity" pickups are the same. The units in this guitar are wax potted to ensure that doesnt happen. If you ever owned an older tele, you'll know what I am talking about.

It's a light Guitar [3.3KG - 7 1/4lbs] and the neck has a beautifull feel. The 10"-16" compound radius is very comfortable to play and stops string choke, common on guitars with standard type radius. Easy to hold for a long gig.

Styles this guitar would suit
It's probably not what you would go for if you are into death metal or shredding. It is ideal for Country, Blues, Trad rock, Punk, Melodic Rock, Jazz, Folk etc etc.

Asking price
$1,750.00 including a black tweed case, 12 month warranty and free 3 month checkup.
To Nick from Sydney and he says this:
Carlton Guitars are top notch...dont bother with the big F.
Nice, light guitar with lotsa tone. This guitar is something else.....I have just played 3 hours non stop. Funny -Roy Buchanan comes rolling out brilliantly (volume swells on control - hard but good), the other never could do it. Yep, the Broadcaster pups have it hands down.

ST1 - specs
You can probably guess the heritage of this piece.
Everybody who plays one of these guitars can't put it down.

Specs
Body-Warmoth

· Solid 1 Piece Swamp Ash
· Top Routed

Finish - Carlton Guitars
· Hi Gloss Transparent Amber - Colortone Guitar lacquer [USL]
· Grain stained mid brown

Neck - Warmoth 22 fret Vintage Modern
· 1 Piece Straight Grained Maple, 4 bolt
· Truss rod - vintage 1 piece - head stock adjustable
· 1-5/8 in. Nut Width
· Standard Thin Contour
· 6150 Fretwire - /jumbo .103" X .046
· Compound 10" - 16" Radius,
· Black face dot
· Grover Rotomatics
· Corian Nut

Major Fittings
0 Seymour Duncan Pickups
oooBridge - STL-1b Broadcaster
oooNeck - STR1 vintage tele rhythm

· Control assembly, hardware, electronics - Select Generic T style

Weight
Weight all up [3.3KG - 7.25 lbs]


 
   

Your Warmoth Neck & Body
Known as the best "off the shelf" licensed production necks and bodies around today. Sure Fender make replacements in Mexico but if you want the best, Warmoth is the best choice for a new body or neck for your standard MIA.

You can see the foil covered Rythm pickup rout. All the cavities are lined with this foil which helps to dampen that reknown 60hz hum yout with vintage single coil pickups.

Each cavity is joined by an earth loop which goes to the earth on the main output socket. This obviates the threat of receiving a jot through the guitar if the wiring is dodgy at the gig your playing. Usually the earth goes to the bridge and to the fingers touching it and the strings. If a charge comes through it will go to graund through your hands using you as the earth conductor.

The results will add an eletrifying dimension to your performance as your body transfers a lethal voltage to the floor.

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